21 PUBLICATIONS BY AND ABOUT THOMAS MERTON

We continue with this MERTON SEASONAL to provide a running bibliography of materials by and about Thomas Merton which have been recently published and/or acquistioned by the Thomas Merton Studies Center. For fuller bibliographic listings, the reader is referred to Marquita E. Breit and Robert E. Daggy, THOMAS MERTON: A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY; new ed. (New York: Garland Publishing, 1986). We call particular attention to the cassette tapes issued by The St. Jerome's Centre for Catholic Experience at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Michael W. Higgins, Director. These are tapes of lectures given in The Thomas Merton Series at the Centre by Hunter L. Brown, Donald Grayston, Michael W. Higgins, Elena Malits, C.S.C., Michael Mott, Kenneth Russell, William H. Shannon, and Gordon C. Zahn. (SEE individual listings for titles and descriptions) Tapes are available for $6 [Canadian] from The St. Jerome's Centre for Catholic Experience, University of St. Jerome's College, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G3. By MERTON 1. THE ASCENT TO TRUTH; 3rd U.S. paperback ed.; cover art "The Ascension" by Rembrandt van Rijn (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich - A Harvest/HBJ Book (1986]): x,342p. ($6.95] 2. BREAD IN THE WILDERNESS; 3rd U.S. paperback ed. (Collegeville, Minnesota: liturgical Press; Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986): 179p. 3. EIGHTEEN POEMS (New York: New Directions, 1985): unpaged. limited ed.: 250 copies. Includes: 1) "With the world in my bloodstream;" 2) "Untitled poem - All theology is a kind of birthday;" 3) " I always obey my nurse;" 4) "Louisville Airport;" 5) "May Song;" 6) "The harmonies of excess;" 7) "Aubade on a cloudy morning;" 8) "Certain proverbs arise out of dreams;" 9) "Never call a babysitter in a thunderstorm;" 10) "Two songs for M.;" 11) "Cherokee Park;" 12) "Gethsemani - May 19, 1966;" 13) "Evening: long distance call;" 14) "A long call is made out of wheels;" 15) "Cancer blues;" 16) "Six night letters;" 17) "For M. in October;" 18) "For M. on a cold grey morning." 4. OPENING THE BIBLE; introd. by Rob Stone (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press; Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986): 94p. 5. THE SIGN OF JONAS; 4th U.S. paperback ed.; cover art "Prophet Jonah" by Michaelangelo (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich - A Harvest/ HBJ Book (1986]): 362p. ($6.95] About MERTON 1. Albert, John, O.C.S.O. "Ace of songs - ace of freedoms: Thomas Merton and Bob Dylan - I." AMERICAN BENEDICTINE REVIEW 37 (March 1986): no. 1, pp. 67-95. NOTE: First of two parts. 2. Allchin, Arthur Macdonald. "Monk and mystic." Review of THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF THOMAS MERTON, by Michael Mott. CHURCH TIMES (London] (24 January 1986): p. 4. 3. Berman, Paul. "Morningside, Managua, and mysticism." VOICE (1April1986): p. 43. 4. Breit, Marquita Elaine. THOMAS MERTON: A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPY; new ed.; comp. & ed. by Marquita E. Breit & Robert E. Daggy; foreword by Brother Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O. (New York & London: Garland Publishing, 1986): xiv,710p. 22 5. Broos, Constant. "A Belgian Merton symposium: a report." MERTON SEASONAL 11 (Winter 1986): no. 1, pp. 16-17. 6. Brown, Hunter L. "Thomas Merton and the laity" (Waterloo, Ontario: St. Jerome's Centre): The Thomas Merton Series cassette tape. 7. Catling, Patrick Skene. "The price of silence." Review of THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF THOMAS MERTON, by Michael Mott. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH [London) (2 February 1986). 8. Daggy, Robert Edward. "Merton smorgasbord: a 'feast' of Merton projects for 1986." MERTON SEASONAL 11 (Winter 19!!6): no. 1, pp. 2-4. 9. Daggy, Rob::rt Edward. THOMAS MERTON: A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY; new ed.; comp. & ed. by Marquita E. Breit & tJean Leclercq and Thomas Merton: a monastic exchange of letters." MONASTIC STUDIES 16 (Christmas 1985): pp. 63-78. 19. Higgins, Michael W. "The silent one and the poetics of unity: Merton's last poem" (Waterloo, Ontario: St. Jerome's Centre): The Thomas Merton Series cassette tape. 20. Jefferson, Margo. "She might have had it all. Review ot PRETIY GOOD FOR A WOMAN: THE EN IGMAS OF EVELYN SCOTT, by D. A. Callard. NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (2 March 1986): p. 12. 21. Kimball, Roger. "Existentialism, semiotics and iced tea." Review of CONVERSATIONS WITH WALKER PERCY; ed. Lewis A. Larson & Victor A. Kramer. NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (4 August 1985): p. 9. 22. Langer, Elinor. "Escapades." Review of PRETTY GOOD FOR A WOMAN: THE ENIGMAS OF EVELYN SCOTI, by D. A. Callard. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT (29 November 1985): p. 1349. "Thomas (Merton] (who, as young Tom, motherless, seven years old, and furious at his father's liaison with Scott, makes a very telling debut)." 23. LeBeau, Dorotny. "The solitary life of Thomas Merton." CISTERCIAN STUDIES 20 (1985): no. 4, pp. 323-338. 24. Ledbetter, J[ack] T(racy). "Gethsemani Abbey." Poem. MERTON SEASONAL 11 (Winter1986): no. 1, pp.12-13. 25. Malits, Elena, C.S.C. "Thomas Merton as spiritual guide" (Waterloo, Ontario: St. Jerome's Centre): The Thomas Merton Series cassette tape. 23 26. METHODIST RECORDER - Editors. "[Review of] THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF THOMAS MERTON, by Michael Mott." METHODIST RECORDER [London] (13 February 1986). 27. Mott, Michael. THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF THOMAS MERTON (London: Sheldon Press, 1986): xxvi,690p. [L 19.50] 28. Mott, Michael. THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF THOMAS MERTON (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company Paperback, 1986): xxvi,690p. ($12.95] 29. Mott, Michael. "The seven mountains of Thomas Merton" (Waterlooo, Ontario: St. Jerome's Centre): The Thomas Merton Series cassette tape. 30. Mulholland, Moston Robert. SHAPED BY THE WORD: THE POWER OF SCRIPTURE IN SPIRITUAL FORMATION (Nashville, Tennessee: The Upper Room, 1985): 171p. Includes quotations from and discussion of OPENING THE BIBLE, by Thomas Merton, especially Chapter 7. "Kairotic Existence" and Chapter 9. "Being and Doing." 31. Muto, Susan Annette. "[Comment on) THE HIDDEN GROUND OF LOVE: THE LETIERS OF THOMAS MERTON ON RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE & SOCIAL CONCERS; ed. William H. Shannon." COMMONWEAL 113 (28 February 1986): no. 4, p. 118. 32. O'Rourke, William. "Catholics coming of age: the literary consequences." NEW CATHOLIC WORLD 228 (July-August 1985): no. 1366, pp. 148-152. Includes photograph of Thomas Merton: p. 151. 33. Pennington, M. Basil, O.C.S.O. "The circular letters of Thomas Merton." MONASTIC STUDIES 16 (Christmas 1985): pp. 201- 213. 34. Pennington, M. Basil, O.C.S.O. "The Merton collection at Boston College." MERTON SEASONAL 11 (Winter 1986): no. 1, pp. 8- 10. 35. Pennington, M. Basil, O.C.S.O. "Thomas Merton and centering prayer." REVIEW FOR RELIGIOUS 45 (January-February 1986): no. 1, pp. 119-129.

36. Quinlan, Dieran. "[Review of] THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF THOMAS MERTON, by Michael Mott." GEORGIA REVIEW 39 (Summer 1985): no. 2, pp. 448-450. ''In both the sensitivity of its judgments and the depth of its exploration, this may well be the best biography that has been written about any twentieth-century author." 37. Rodgers-Melnick, Ann. "Trappist monk's influence extends over wide range." NEWS-PRESS (15 March 1986): pp. 10, 6D. 38. Rule, Philip C., S.J. "[Review of) THOMAS MERTON, by Victor Anthony Kramer." CHRISTIANITY & LITERATURE 34 (Summer 1985): no. 4, pp. 84-86. 39. Russell, Kenneth. "The prodigal son's long road home: Merton's mapping of the route" (Waterloo, Ontario: St. Jerome's Centre): The Thomas Merton Series cassette tape. 40. Shannon, William Henry. "Contemplation: transformation of consciousness" (Waterloo, Ontario: St. Jerome's Centre): The Thomas Merton Series cassette tape. 41. Silk, Mark. "Religious books: seven that made a difference." NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (30 March 1986): pp. 1, 20-21.

Silk cites THE SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN plus books by Carlos Castaneda, Harvey Cox, Jerry Falwell, Will Herberg, Hal Lindsey, & Richard John Newhaus. 42. Stone, Robert E. "Introduction. In OPENING THE BIBLE; introd. by Rob Stone (Collegeville, Minnesota: liturgical Press; Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986): pp. 7-9. 43. Tobin, Mary Luke, S.l. "Facets of Merton." Review of GETIING IT All TOGETHER: THE HERITAGE OF THOMAS MERTON; ed. Timothy Mulhearn. MERTON SEASONAL 11 (Winter 1986): no. 1, pp. 14-15. 44. Zahn, Gordon Charles. "Prayer, proest and the spirituality of peace" Waterloo, Ontario: St. Jerome's Centre): The Thomas Merton Series cassette tape. 24 THESIS RECENTLY ACQUISITION ED BY THE THOMAS MERTON STUDIES CENTER

Del Prete, Thomas. SELF-DISCOVERY: THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION ACCORDING TO THOMAS MERTON; master's (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University, 1986): 62p.

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